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removal of the previously abandoned 

Beltline Road (the roadway was 

abandoned as a portion of the Runway 

7 extension). 

Copies of the environmental decision 

and the Short Form EA are available for 

public information review during 

regular business hours at the following 

locations: 

1. Chicago/Rockford International 

Airport, 60 Airport Drive, Rockford, IL 

61109. 

2. Division of Aeronautics-Illinois 

Department of Transportation, One 

Langhorne Bond Drive, Capital Airport, 

Springfield, IL 62707. 

3. Federal Aviation Administration, 

Chicago Airports District Office, 2300 

East Devon Avenue, Room 320, Des 

Plaines, Illinois 60018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy B. Hanson, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Chicago Airports 

District Office, Room 320, 2300 East 

Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 

60018. Ms. Hanson can be contacted at 

(847) 294–7354 (voice), (847) 294–7046 

(facsimile) or by e-mail at 

amy.hanson@faa.gov. 

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on April 18, 

2008. 

Mia Ratcliff, 

Acting Manager, Chicago Airports District 

Office, FAA, Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–9833 Filed 5–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Submission Deadline for 

Schedule Information for Chicago 

O’Hare International Airport for the 

Winter 2008/2009 Scheduling Season 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

FAA. 

ACTION: Notice of submission deadline. 

SUMMARY: The FAA announces a May 

15, 2008, deadline for submitting 

requests for domestic and international 

scheduled arrivals at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport (ORD) for the 

Winter 2008/2009 scheduling season 

beginning October 26, 2008. The 

deadline coincides with the submission 

deadline established by the 

International Air Transport Association 

(IATA) for the Winter 2008/2009 

Schedules Conference. 

DATES: Proposed schedule information 

must be submitted to the FAA no later 

than May 15, 2008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

currently limits arrivals at ORD from 7 

a.m. to 9 p.m., Central Time, Monday 

through Friday, and 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

Central Time, on Sunday, based 

primarily on runway capacity limits. 

The FAA’s restrictions at ORD in Title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 93, 

Subpart B, are the equivalent of a Level 

3 Fully Coordinated Airport as used in 

IATA Worldwide Scheduling 

Guidelines. Separate schedule 

facilitation is done at the airport level 

for international passenger flights 

operating at Terminal 5. In addition to 

filing schedules for FAA runway 

capacity review, carriers should also file 

Terminal 5 schedules, if appropriate, at 

the address indicated in the IATA 

Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines, 

Annex 3. Carriers would obtain separate 

approval for FAA runway slots and 

Terminal 5 operations, as appropriate. 

The FAA rules limiting flights at ORD 

will sunset on October 24, 2008, under 

the terms of the rule effective October 

29, 2006. This sunset provision was 

based on an expected increase in 

capacity when the first new runway 

opens under the O Hare Modernization 

Program (OMP). Runway 9L/27R is 

currently planned to be commissioned 

in November 2008. This will provide 

additional capacity at O’Hare for 

arriving and departing aircraft under 

various weather and runway 

configurations. Capacity projections 

estimate over 50,000 annual operations, 

or an average of about 8–10 total 

operations per hour, may be 

accommodated. However, additional 

operations must be reasonably 

distributed to avoid significant delay 

consequences. Terminal and gate 

availability are also expected to be 

constraints during certain periods. 

The FAA is seeking information in 

order to review projected schedules and 

to assist the agency in determining 

whether scheduling limits may continue 

to be applied at ORD until further 

runway capacity is realized under Phase 

II of the OMP. The form of the 

scheduling limitations, if needed, has 

not been determined. Options include: 

(1) Remove FAA scheduling limitations 

by letting the rule expire; (2) continue 

the airport’s designation as IATA Level 

3 and utilize the IATA Worldwide 

Scheduling Guidelines, with 

appropriate local rules, to review 

planned operations and resolve 

oversubscribed hours that would result 

in unacceptable delays; and (3) increase 

the scheduling limits to recognize 

additional runway capacity and modify 

the expiration date of the current rule. 

Any proposal to modify or extend the 

rule would be in a separate rulemaking 

process. 

The FAA recognizes there is a 

potential for carriers to file schedules 

that are preliminary in nature, rather 

than bone fide operational plans, and 

that some of the proposed flights may 

not actually operate. We understand 

that carriers legitimately review 

schedule plans for the winter 2008/2009 

season well beyond the May 15 

submission deadline and that it may not 

be possible to have final schedules at 

this time, especially for domestic flights. 

This is particularly true given the 

increasing fuel and operating costs 

facing carriers at this time. The FAA 

expects carriers to provide the 

government realistic information 

representative of their schedule plans 

for winter 2008/2009 as the information 

will be part of our assessment of the 

potential operational impacts. The FAA 

will discuss carrier schedule requests 

relative to available runway capacity in 

the weeks following the schedule 

submissions, including at the IATA 

Schedules Conference in June. A 

timetable for a final agency proposal, if 

any, to continue limits on operations at 

O’Hare after October 24, 2008, has not 

been established at this time. 

Carriers are requested to provide 

information on scheduled arrivals 

including flight number, origin airport, 

scheduled time of arrival, frequency, 

effective dates, and equipment. The 

FAA is primarily concerned about 

arrival demand, as in the current rule, 

since most departures would 

subsequently be constrained by the 

arrival times given the predominant 

nature of hub operations at ORD. The 

FAA will, however, accept information 

on planned departures by carriers since 

this may provide more complete 

information and since many carriers use 

automated scheduling information 

systems. 

The U.S. winter scheduling season is 

from November 2, 2008, through March 

7, 2009, in recognition of the U.S. 

standard time dates. The FAA 

understands the IATA winter 2008/2009 

season is October 26, 2008, through 

March 28, 2009. The FAA will accept 

schedule information that coincides 

with the IATA scheduling season, rather 

than U.S. standard time dates, in order 

to ease the administrative burdens on 

carriers conducting international 

operations and in order to ensure that 

FAA has the most accurate schedule 

information. 

ADDRESSES: Requests may be submitted 

by mail to Slot Administration Office, 

AGC–240, Office of the Chief Counsel, 

800 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; facsimile: 202–

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1 73 FR 3,510 (Jan. 18, 2008). The FAA published 

a technical amendment in the Federal Register on 

February 14, 2008, 73 FR 8,737. 

2 73 FR 14,552 (Mar. 18, 2008). 

267–7277; ARINC: DCAYAXD; or by 

e-mail to: 7-AWA-slotadmin@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Tegtmeier, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, AGC–40, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

e-mail James.Tegtmeier@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 2, 2008. 

Rebecca B. Macpherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 08–1226 Filed 5–2–08; 4:10 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Submission Deadlines for 

Schedule Information for John F. 

Kennedy International Airport and 

Newark Liberty International Airport for 

the Winter 2008/2009 Scheduling 

Season 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

ACTION: Notice of submission deadline. 

SUMMARY: Under this notice, the FAA 

announces May 15, 2008, as the 

deadline for submitting schedule 

information for John F. Kennedy 

International Airport (JFK) and Newark 

Liberty International Airport (EWR) for 

the Winter 2008/2009 scheduling 

season. The FAA previously designated 

the airports as Level 3, Coordinated 

Airports under the International Air 

Transport Association (IATA) 

Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines. The 

FAA deadline coincides with the 

submission deadline established by 

IATA for the Winter 2008/2009 

Schedules Conference. The FAA 

requests schedule information for JFK 

and EWR for planned flights from 6 a.m. 

through 10:59 p.m., Eastern Time, or 

1100 UTC through 0359 UTC. 

DATES: Schedules must be submitted no 

later than May 15, 2008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

adopted an Order limiting scheduled 

operations at JFK effective March 30, 

2008.1 The FAA also has proposed 

operating limitation at EWR beginning 

June 1, 2008,2 although a final order has 

not yet been adopted by the FAA. As 

noted above, however, the FAA has 

already designated both EWR and JFK to 

be IATA Level 3, Coordinated Airports, 

and schedule information for the winter 

season should be submitted by the 

deadline. 

The FAA’s adopted Order for JFK and 

the proposed Order for EWR 

contemplate the allocation of new 

capacity by an auction. The details of an 

auction are under development and are 

not expected to be in place prior to the 

beginning of the winter scheduling 

season. As noted in the proposed and 

adopted orders, any Operating 

Authorizations for winter 2008/2009 

beyond historic levels or the level 

approved by the FAA in the orders’

appendices would be assigned without 

historical precedence for the following 

scheduling season. 

The FAA is requesting complete 

schedule submissions from carriers that 

detail changes from their currently 

approved schedules. This information 

may include flight numbers, airport 

origin and departure information, 

proposed arrival and departure times, 

frequency, equipment type, effective 

dates, type of flight (passenger, cargo, 

charter, etc.) and other relevant 

information. Carriers may also indicate 

there are no changes from the approved 

summer schedules. The FAA expects 

only a limited number of Operating 

Authorizations will be available for the 

winter scheduling season for new 

operations or retimed flights during 

peak hours. 

ADDRESSES: Schedules may be 

submitted by mail to Slot 

Administration Office, AGC–240, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, 800 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

facsimile: 202–267–7277; ARINC: 

DCAYAXD; or by e-mail to: 7–AWAslotadmin@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Tegtmeier, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, AGC–40, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

e-mail James.Tegtmeier@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 2, 2008. 

Rebecca B. Macpherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 08–1227 Filed 5–2–08; 4:10 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2008–17] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before May 28, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA–

2008–0379 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Thor, ANM–113, (425) 227–2127, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 

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